standing Close together. The plants should not be set pot-to-pot, 

 zigzag style. If they stand as close as possible or pot-to-pot, let 

 them be in front of one another, as it is good to have little open- 

 ings for the air to get at the "pots." 



Great care should be taken in watering the young plants. I 

 do not know of anything, except seeds, that requires so careful a 

 watering as Farleyense of the smallest size. Take care you do 

 not splash too much water on the leaves ; if you do, keep the 

 sashes off and let the plants dry a little. As the plants take hold 

 and grow, give them plenty of air. Although sashes are not neces- 

 sary, yet I have found them very beneficial for young plants. 

 When I have potted 4,000 Farleyense cuttings in the Spring 

 months and not lost more than 80 plants, I have considered my- 

 self very well paid for the little trouble experienced with a few 

 sashes. As soon as the young plants are fairly well through the 

 soil they should be potted off, the strongest into' 3-inch and the 

 rest into 2j^-inch pots, in good loam a little coarser than the 

 first potting. On cold Winter days, if the greenhouses are not 

 very tight, I have found sashes beneficial yet for a few days, but 

 in a good, snug house this is not necessary. A light sprinkling of 

 bone might be of benefit in this second potting. Do not let your 

 plants get stunted ; keep them growing. 



Shading is a very important item. Many growers shade Far- 

 leyense entirely too heavily. The plants should have as much light 

 as they can bear without getting bleached. Keep the floors and 

 walls dampened and maintain a moist atmosphere. Have the air 

 as pure as you can without chilling the plants. Be cautious, when 

 ventilating, that you do not get a cold draft on the plants ; they 

 are very easily chilled, especially in the Spring months, when the 

 wind is cold, with the sun chasing up the temperature to' a con- 

 siderably higher degree than is wanted. Bottom ventilators work 

 splendidly. I have had frames covered with cheesecloth, and 

 when taking out the ventilators I have put in the one of cloth 

 and sometimes placed the wooden one on top over part of it, 

 according to weather and temperature outdoors. When the first 



